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by mh » 26 Aug 2007 8:34
Today I found my personal deal of the month on the local flea market:
Two sample sets from DOM and BKS, a KABA quattro and some Zeiss Ikons...
I'm so excited, had to tell you immediately
And these are my new toys:
And that's inside the BKS box:
2 locks (apparently something like the 31 and 33SL series - http://www.bks.de/fileadmin/Produktpool ... ierung.jpg ) and 4 keys.
The left lock doesn't have a sidebar and accepts 2 keys, the right lock (the cutaway) has the sidebar and accepts only keys with the side millings, and a 4th key with wrong millings is included as well.
A close-up of the cutaway:
The DOM samples:
Inside I found 2 DOM Diamant (with different housing materials), 1 ix10KG, 1 ix6KG, 1 ix5HT, 1 RS6 and 1 RS5.
Two of them:
That was quite a nice surprise, I feel like smiling all day...
Cheers,
mh
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by Eyes_Only » 26 Aug 2007 9:34
You guys in europe always get the best locks to play with. How much did you pay for them?
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by Charlie511 » 26 Aug 2007 11:54
Eyes_Only wrote:You guys in europe always get the best locks to play with. How much did you pay for them?
Europe rulezz.
It must be very expensive 
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by vrocco » 26 Aug 2007 13:50
Man that's for sure. You don't find that kind of stuff at a flea market in Pennsylvania. Congrats on the great buy!
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by mh » 26 Aug 2007 23:30
Charlie511 wrote:It must be very expensive 
Not in this case  The seller was no collector and made a very good price for me
Still smiling happily,
mh
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by dosman » 27 Aug 2007 0:29
Nice find, congratulations. Just curious, do you know the significance of the name MUSTER on the locks and keys? I have a DOM System D cutaway which has the same name on its keys. The etching even appears to be identical judging by your quality photos.
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by bluestar » 27 Aug 2007 1:34
"MUSTER" roughly translates to "sample". These locks aren't meant for usage, but for showing customers how they work. If you have a cutaway with "MUSTER", it sure is factory-made for presentation.
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by Eyes_Only » 27 Aug 2007 8:28
Which makes this an even greater deal for mh to have found.
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by greyman » 30 Aug 2007 15:33
Holy cr_p mh, you are a lucky lucky b_st_rd
There is no such flea market in the UK where I would expect to find stuff like that. Are you really telling the truth??? Surely you mugged some lock company rep for that stuff
That looks like a Dom Diamant in there - not a cheap lock. Also the BKS with the dimples on the key is interesting, I haven't seen one of those before.
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by mh » 30 Aug 2007 15:55
greyman wrote:Holy cr_p mh, you are a lucky lucky b_st_rd There is no such flea market in the UK where I would expect to find stuff like that. Are you really telling the truth??? Surely you mugged some lock company rep for that stuff That looks like a Dom Diamant in there - not a cheap lock. Also the BKS with the dimples on the key is interesting, I haven't seen one of those before.
I didn't expect it either. Kind of a once-in-a-lifetime thing...
There are 2 DOM Diamants in there, one with the steel housing and one with a cast housing.
Unfortunately the samples of one lock type are all keyed alike, so they are not really usable say in my front door.
Might become nice cutaway projects though.
Cheers,
mh
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by ThE_MasteR » 30 Aug 2007 17:07
mh wrote:greyman wrote:Holy cr_p mh, you are a lucky lucky b_st_rd There is no such flea market in the UK where I would expect to find stuff like that. Are you really telling the truth??? Surely you mugged some lock company rep for that stuff That looks like a Dom Diamant in there - not a cheap lock. Also the BKS with the dimples on the key is interesting, I haven't seen one of those before.
I didn't expect it either. Kind of a once-in-a-lifetime thing... There are 2 DOM Diamants in there, one with the steel housing and one with a cast housing. Unfortunately the samples of one lock type are all keyed alike, so they are not really usable say in my front door. Might become nice cutaway projects though. Cheers, mh
If ever you need help cutting those out, I can help.
You can check my blog to see my work.
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by n2oah » 30 Aug 2007 23:42
That DOM diamant is a f**king nice lock! I'm jealous! Nice buys.
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by mh » 30 Aug 2007 23:48
ThE_MasteR wrote:If ever you need help cutting those out, I can help. You can check my blog to see my work.
Thanks, I like your work very much. And with some new tools I hope I can do similar stuff soon 
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by lockpick1968 » 31 Aug 2007 17:12
Sweet treasure of a find, that don;t happen to often!
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by samfishers » 17 Dec 2007 10:23
In Canada, they don't sell anymore Dom's if you want one, you wait 6 dam months to have one, and the price is sssssooooooo expensive, my eyes dropped down when i saw the price that a locksmith told me!
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